WEBVTT AND THIS WEEKEND.SANDRA, THANK YOU.THIS IS NATIONAL FIREPREVENTION WEEK, AND WHOBETTER TO TALKKABOUT FIRESAFETY THAN DEPUTY CHIEF FIREMARSHAL DAVE DORITA FROM FIRERESCUE.THANK YOU SO MUCH FORBEING HERE.OUR FIRST LIVE INTERVIEW ONWPBF 25 NEWS AT 9:00.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.YOU ARE WELCOME.GOOD MORNING.GOOD MORNING.THERE IS A NEW SAFETYCAMPAIGN THIS WEEK.TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THATTHE SAFETY CAMPAIGN FROMTHE NATIONAL FIRE ASSOCIATIONIS HEAR THE BEEP WHILE WHILEYOU SLEEP.PROMPTING PEOPLE TO HAVEWORKING SMOKE DETECTORS INTHEIR HOME, IF THERE IS AFIRE AND THE DETECTOR DETECTSENSES SMOKE YOU WILL HEARTHE ALARM GO UP AND HOPEFULLYWAKE THEM UP AND GET THEM OUTOF THE HOUSE.A NEW CODEREQUIREMENT FOR SMOKEDETECTORS.TELL US ABOUT THAT.THE STATE OF FLORIDATHROUGH THE FIRE MARSHAL'SOFFICE HAVE REQUIRED ANY NEWHOME BEING BUILT OR ANY HOMEGOING THROUGH A MAJORRENOVATION OR RETROFIT HAS TOHAVE NONREPLACEABLE SMOKEDETECTORS.MEANING THE BATTERIES ARE NOTREPLACEABLE LIKE WE DO EVERYSIX MONTHS.OH, OKAY.THEY ARE AN ACTUALLYTHEY ARE AN ACTUALLYTEN-YEAR BATTERY.ONCE THAT BATTERY EXPIRES INTEN YEARS, THE SMOKE DETECTERIS THEN REPLACED.A GREAT IDEA.DOES IT ALERT PEOPLE AFTERTHE TEN YEARS AND MAKE MORENOISE.YOU WILL GET A SMALL ALARMIF THE BATTERY STARTS GOINGDEAD JUST LIKE YOU WOULD WITHTHE REGULAR 9 VOLT BATTERIESTHAT WE HAVE NOW.YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBEREVERY SIX MONTHS TO CHANGETHE BATTERY OUT IN.RIGHT.YOU PUT A STICKER ANDAFTER THE 10-YEAR EXPIRATIONYOU REPLACE THE ENTIRE UNIT.MUCH MORE CONVENIENT FORFOLKS AT HOME.OH, ABSOLUTELY.YOU RESPOND TO FIRES ALLTHE TIME.COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING.THE FIRE -- THE HOMES THATHAVE WORKING SMOKE DETECTORSVERSUS HOMES YOU RESPOND TOTHAT DON'T, WHAT IS THEDIFFERENCE IN CASUALTIES ORDAMAGES THAT YOU SEE?WITH BOTH OF THOSE, TOANTENNA YOUR QUESTION,TOTALLY DIFFERENT RESPONSE.WITH HOME WITH SMOKEDETECTOR.EARLY WARNING OF A FIRE ANDPEOPLE GET OUT OF THE HOMEAND EVACUATE AND CAN ALERTTHE 911 OPERATOR MUCH QUICKERTHUS GETTING THE FIREDEPARTMENT THERE QUICKER TOSUPPRESS THE FIRE.THE YOU SAVINGS TO LIFE ANDPROPERTY IS TENFOLD.DEFINITELY SOMETHING EVERYFAMILY SHOULD GO OUT AND DO.RIGHT NOW.ABSOLUTELY.THANK YOU.YOU WERE A LITTLE NERVOUSFOLLOWING OUR McDONALD STORY.I WAS, ABSOLUTELY.I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD TOPTHAT.I THINK YOU TOPPED IT.I THINK YOU DID.WE HOPE SO.THE GUY ALSO TEASE YOUWHEN YOU GO BACK TO THEFIREHOUSE.I AM NOT GOING RIGHT BACK.[LAUGHTER]

PBGFR Fire Marshal David DeRita discusses 'Hear the Beep While You Sleep' campaign